Fishing-rod



F. HARDY.

FISHING ROD.

APPLlcAnoN FILED :uu/1,1919.

Patented Aug. ai, 1920.

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UNITED 'STATI-d FOARSTERYHARDY, or soU'rH EALING, ENGLAND.

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Be it 'known that I," FORSTEKHARDY, a sub-f ject of the King of Grreatl Britain, residing at 14 Hereford road, SouthEaling, `Middlesex, England,have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Rods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fishing rods, and it hasfor its object to provide-a rodwhch will 'be more resilient in action than such rods as hitherto made.

A fishing rod as now made use of,` and when in use, lis grasped at a point adjacent v to the butt end, so that the point of the said grip or support .is that'about which the rod can bend, the flexibility, therefore being limited vbythe length of the lrod comprised between the tip and the point of support or grip. Y

Now, the object of my invention'is to provide a construction of rod in which the effective' length is increased and thereby the de- 'gree of resiliency' or flexibility of the rod,

Y and to this end I form a rod with a for- Vtive length of the said rod being, as will be .ward extension on the butt end, this extension constituting a handle or grip by means of `which the rod can be graspedthe effecobvious, increasedby an extent corresponding to the length of the said extension.

In a rod embodying the invention the extension is in theform of a tube which may be telescopic, and to the bottom of which the butt end of the fishing rod is secured.

To enable the invention to be fully undery stood, I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawing, in-which1- n Figure-l isa side View partly 1n section .i of'a portion of afishing rod embodying the y invention. Fig. 2 is a View similar to F ig. l illustrating a modified construction ofl a rod according'to the invention, and y Y l p F ig. 3 is a sectional side view illustrating the parts of the rod shown in Fig. 2 separate from one another.

Referring hrst to the form of thelinveni tion shown'in F ig. l a indicates the rod'and c the'forward extension which is provided at its butt end, this extension being` advantageously of a larger diameter than that of the rod so as to facilitate its manipulation.

As will be understood, although the rod is graspedat approximately the same position relatively to the butt end as 1s usually the Specification of IlettersPatent. Patented Aug. 3.1,"1920,.A 4 Application mea July 1.1919:- Seril No: 307,984.5 'l

case, yetithe effective -lengthvofthe'rod is increased-by an amount approximately equal" to the lengthv of the lforward extensionv c,

thus' increasing the resiliencylor flexibility 'of` the rod.'

In the construction illustrated in F ig. l the extension c, is of tubular form or, in other words, the extension is of annular form completely inclosing the end of the rod a which is secured to a block l provided inl the bottom ofthetubular handle' c. As vin its external surface with which a'l pin or v i latter being' furnished with a spiral slot g 1 feather 7L on the inside of the tube e engages,v i

this construction kbeing advantageously provided toV facilitate the extension and con-` traction of the handle. The butt end of the innertube f ofthe handleis provided with the loose interchangeable block, i' having ay taper hole j in which the. taper butt end' is of the rod av is designed to be forced, the

said blockr being retained in position Within the tube f by means of an internal shoulder Z in the said tube. lAtooth m upon i i the vforward end of the .block i engages aVv4` vnotchn in the shoulder Z and prevents they block fromv rotating withinfthe tube.l By

making-the block z' removable, rods of different diameters can be secured within the tube f. f. l* .7

o is a cap `which isscrewed upon the extremity ofthe tube f so as to provide astop s for the outer tube e, the said cap beingvpref'- erably .furnished with a rubber block `20 to take upr against which the blockz' abuts vibration. I

Claims: Y f 1. A fishing rod having a handle secured to its butt end only and extending forwardly `of said butt end7 and an adjustable extension providedon said handleV for increasing the effective length thereof. f i 2. AV shin'g rod having a tubular handle surrounding the-rod secured to its.` butt end only and extending forwardly' of said buttv end, and an adjustable extension provided- 3. A iishing rod having a tubular handle l surrounding the rod, secured to its butt end only and extending forwardly of said 'butt' end, and a tubular extension for said handle having a threaded Connection-therewith:

4. A fishing rod provided at its butt end With a detachable block', a tubular handle surrounding said lolooli'and` extending forwardly thereof', means for locking the handle and block together to prevent relative rotation, a knob secured to said handleand locking the block in place, and a tubular extension provided on the handle andadjustahly connected thereto.

A vfishing rod"h'aving a detachable Vloloelr at its butt end, a tubular handle surrounding the rod and conneotedto the block only, and a tubular extension' having threaded connection With said handla 6. A fishir1': ;1ody having a tubular handle flared outwardly away from the rod.V

"FOBSTER HARDY Y 

